Media Alert From Residual Risk Reduction Initiative (R3i): 19:00 CST Sunday 9 November 2008

New Orleans, Louisiana, November 7 (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Residual Vascular Risk Reduction: The Global Call to Action

- Announcement of the Launch of the Residual Risk Reduction
Initiative: R3i

KEY FACTS:

Residual Risk Reduction Initiative (R3i) calls for action to
reduce the lipid related residual vascular risk unaddressed by
current standards of care in millions of patients with heart disease
and diabetes

WHERE:

Audubon Room, Ritz Carlton Hotel, 921 Canal Street, New Orleans,
USA

WHEN:

Sunday 9 November 2008, 19:00-20:30 hrs CST (GMT- 6hrs)

WHAT:

Internationally recognized specialists from North America,
Europe, Asia and Japan come together to launch the Residual Risk
Reduction Initiative (R3i) - a unique global program to evaluate and
to reduce the excess risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, kidney
disease, loss of vision and non-traumatic limb amputation which
exists in many patients with heart disease and diabetes despite
optimal, currently available care.

To address these important issues, the R3i engages healthcare
professionals in an innovative global initiative of academic
research, education and advocacy.

WHO:

Professor Frank Sacks, Vice-President R3i, Department of
Nutrition Harvard School of Public Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Professor W.Virgil Brown, International Steering Committee R3i,
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Medicine, Emory University, Chief
of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

Professor Michel Hermans, General Secretary R3i, Department of
Endocrinology and Nutrition, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Rückfragehinweis:
For more information, or to arrange an interview please contact:
Wendy Gerber, MS&L, Email: [email protected], Phone:
+44-7949-034-007

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